Hi Dave, > However, even Branden's more stringent requirement can be met by > turning the parenthetical sentence into a subordinate clause: > > They can be specified in any lettercase (unlike in AT&T tbl, which > accepted only options with all characters in the same lettercase) and > must be separated by commas, spaces, or tabs. > > It's a couple words longer, but in my opinion more clearly structured, > because the parenthetical appears immediately after the phrase it's > modifying.
How about this middle paragraph, with the other two unaltered ones for context. The line immediately following the .TS token may specify region options: keywords that influence the interpretation or rendering of the region as a whole or all table entries within it indiscriminately. Options are separated by spaces, tabs, or commas and their case does not matter, though AT&T tbl requires each option to be a single case. Some of these options require a parenthesized argument; those that do permit spaces and tabs between the option’s name and the opening parenthesis. -- Cheers, Ralph.